Free, Open Source Font Editor Lets You Easily Fuse Qualities Of Different Types

Been looking around the font market but haven’t met your type? Why not find one you’re somewhat all right with and then edit it to your liking for free?

Available on Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux platforms, ‘FontForge’ is a free and open source font editor that allows you to easily create, edit and convert fonts. It’s great for when you like certain characteristics of different fonts and want to combine those qualities together.

“Type design is visually complex as well as highly technical—however it is easier to begin making type now than ever, partly because of the availability of free tools like ‘FontForge’.”

“While being a handy tool with which to begin, ‘FontForge’ is not just for beginners. It has an advanced toolset and is rapidly improving at the time this book is being written.”